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Feds Slam Understaffed MBTA, Issue Safety Directives

Chris Lisinski8/31/22 4:41 PM

An Orange Line train sits in a Wellington Station garage on Aug. 3, the day Gov. Charlie Baker and MBTA officials announced plans to shut down Orange Line service for 30 days. [Chris Lisinski/SHNS]

A toxic combination of persistent staffing shortages, misaligned management priorities, and communication breakdowns up and down the chain of command created serious safety deficiencies at the MBTA, federal investigators concluded Wednesday.

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